Red State / Blue State Statistics

Despite what you may have heard in the so called "liberal media" Democratic "Blue" states get less Federal money yet have a higher percentage of college degrees, lower divorce rates, lower teen pregnancy and lower murder rates than Republican "Red" states. Here are the facts:

Federal Spending/Tax Fairness

Federal Spending in Each State per Dollar of Federal Taxes, 2003

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/266.html

Rank	State	Rate ($)
1	New Jersey	$0.57
2	New Hampshire	$0.64
3	Connecticut	$0.65
4	Minnesota	$0.70
5	Nevada	$0.70
6	Illinois	$0.73
7	Massachusetts	$0.78
8	California	$0.78
9	New York	$0.80
10	Colorado	$0.80
11	Delaware	$0.82
12	Wisconsin	$0.84
13	Michigan	$0.86
14	Washington	$0.90
15	Georgia	$0.95
16	Indiana	$0.96
17	Texas	$0.98
18	Oregon	$1.00
19	Florida	$1.00
20	Ohio	$1.02
21	Nebraska	$1.06
22	Iowa	$1.06
23	Rhode Island	$1.06
24	Pennsylvania	$1.08
25	North Carolina	$1.09
26	Kansas	$1.13
27	Wyoming	$1.13
28	Vermont	$1.14
29	Utah	$1.19
30	Arizona	$1.23
31	Tennessee	$1.29
32	Missouri	$1.31
33	Idaho	$1.32
34	Maryland	$1.34
35	Maine	$1.36
36	South Carolina	$1.36
37	Louisiana	$1.47
38	Arkansas	$1.47
39	Oklahoma	$1.48
40	South Dakota	$1.49
41	Kentucky	$1.52
42	Hawaii	$1.58
43	Virginia	$1.58
44	Montana	$1.60
45	Alaska	$1.69
46	North Dakota	$1.75
47	West Virginia	$1.82
48	Mississippi	$1.83
49	Alaska	$1.89
50	New Mexico	$1.99
51	Washington, DC	$6.59

Percentage of College Degrees

U.S. Census 2003 American Community Survey

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R02T040.htm

Rank	State	Rate (%)
1	Washington, DC	44.2
2	Massachusetts	35.8
3	Colorado	34.7
4	Connecticut	34.6
5	Maryland	34.5
6	Virginia	32.2
7	New Jersey	32.1
8	Vermont	32.0
9	Minnesota	30.6
10	New Hampshire	30.3
11	Washington	30.2
12	New York	29.7
13	California	29.1
14	Rhode Island	29.1
15	Kansas	28.7
16	Hawaii	28.2
17	Illinois	28.1
18	Delaware	27.6
19	Alaska	26.6
20	Oregon	26.4
21	Utah	26.2
22	Maine	25.9
23	Montana	25.8
24	Georgia	25.7
25	Nebraska	25.3
26	Florida	25.0
27	North Dakota	25.0
28	Texas	24.5
29	Arizona	24.3
30	Michigan	24.3
31	North Carolina	24.3
32	Pennsylvania	24.2
33	Missouri	24.1
34	Idaho	24.0
35	Wisconsin	23.8
36	New Mexico	23.7
37	Wyoming	23.7
38	South Carolina	23.2
39	South Dakota	23.1
40	Ohio	23.0
41	Iowa	22.5
42	Oklahoma	21.9
43	Tennessee	21.5
44	Louisiana	21.3
45	Alabama	21.2
46	Indiana	21.0
47	Nevada	19.5
48	Arkansas	19.0
49	Mississippi	18.7
50	Kentucky	18.6
51	West Virginia	17.0

Divorce Rate

http://www.divorcemag.com/statistics/statsUS2.shtml

Rank	State	Rate
1	Massachusetts	2.4
2	Connecticut	2.8
3	New Jersey	3.0
4	Rhode Island	3.2
5	New York	3.3
6	Pennsylvania	3.3
7	Wisconsin	3.4
8	North Dakota	3.4
9	Maryland	3.5
10	Minnesota	3.6
11	Louisiana	3.6
12	Illinois	3.7
13	Washington, DC	3.9
14	Iowa	3.9
15	Nebraska	4.0
16	Vermont	4.0
17	Michigan	4.1
18	South Dakota	4.2
19	South Carolina	4.2
20	Hawaii	4.2
21	California	4.3
22	Maine	4.4
23	New Hampshire	4.4
24	Ohio	4.5
25	Virginia	4.6
26	Kansas	4.7
27	Utah	4.7
28	Delaware	4.8
29	Montana	4.9
30	Missouri	5.0
31	West Virginia	5.0
32	North Carolina	5.1
33	Colorado	5.1
34	Georgia	5.2
35	Oregon	5.3
36	Texas	5.4
37	Alaska	5.5
38	Washington	5.6
39	Mississippi	5.7
40	Kentucky	5.8
41	Arizona	5.8
42	Florida	5.9
43	New Mexico	6.0
44	Idaho	6.2
45	Alabama	6.2
46	Indiana	6.4
47	Wyoming	6.5
48	Tennessee	6.6
49	Oklahoma	6.7
50	Arkansas	7.1
51	Nevada	9.0

Teen Pregnancy - Girls 15-19 February 2004

http://www.teenpregnancy.org/america/statisticsDisplay.asp?ID=3&sID=18

Rank	State	Rate
1	North Dakota	42
2	Vermont	44
3	New Hampshire	47
4	Minnesota	50
5	Maine	52
6	Utah	53
7	South Dakota	54
8	Iowa	55
9	Wisconsin	55
10	Nebraska	59
11	Massachusetts	60
12	Montana	60
13	Pennsylvania	60
14	Idaho	62
15	Rhode Island	67
16	West Virginia	67
17	Kansas	69
18	Connecticut	70
19	Virginia	72
20	Alaska	73
21	Indiana	73
22	Missouri	74
23	Ohio	74
24	Michigan	75
25	Washington	75
26	Kentucky	76
27	Wyoming	77
28	Oregon	79
29	Colorado	82
30	Oklahoma	86
31	Illinois	87
32	Louisiana	87
33	South Carolina	89
34	Tennessee	89
35	Alabama	90
36	New Jersey	90
37	Maryland	91
38	New York	91
39	Arkansas	93
40	Delaware	93
41	Hawaii	93
42	Georgia	95
43	North Carolina	95
44	California	96
45	Florida	97
46	Texas	101
47	Mississippi	103
48	New Mexico	103
49	Arizona	104
50	Nevada	113
51	Washington, DC	128

Murder Rate

Crime Rate by State, 2003

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004912.html

Rank	State	Rate
1	Maine	1.2
2	South Dakota	1.3
3	New Hampshire	1.4
4	Iowa	1.6
5	Hawaii	1.7
6	Oregon	1.9
7	Idaho	1.8
8	North Dakota	1.9
9	Massachusetts	2.2
10	Rhode Island	2.3
11	Vermont	2.3
12	Utah	2.5
13	Minnesota	2.5
14	Wyoming	2.8
15	Delaware	2.9
16	Washington	3.0
17	Wisconsin	3.3
18	West Virginia	3.5
19	Connecticut	3.0
20	Nebraska	3.2
21	Montana	3.3
22	Colorado	3.9
23	Kansas	4.5
24	Kentucky	4.6
25	Ohio	4.6
26	New Jersey	4.7
27	New York	4.9
28	Missouri	5.0
29	Pennsylvania	5.3
30	Florida	5.4
31	Indiana	5.5
32	Virginia	5.6
33	Oklahoma	5.9
34	Alaska	6.0
35	New Mexico	6.0
36	Michigan	6.1
37	North Carolina	6.1
38	Alabama	6.6
39	Arkansas	6.4
40	Texas	6.4
41	California	6.8
42	Tennessee	6.8
43	Illinois	7.1
44	South Carolina	7.2
45	Geogia	7.6
46	Arizona	7.9
47	Nevada	8.8
48	Mississippi	9.3
49	Maryland	9.5
50	Louisiana	13.0
51	Washington, DC	44.2